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The programme El Matí, broadcasted on Catalunya Ràdio, and the newspapers La Vanguardia and El Punt Avui, among other media, have echoed on a study led by Marco Milán, head of the Development and Growth Control Laboratory at IRB Barcelona. This study reports on the team’s success in selectively eliminating cells that express the oncogene RAS. This oncogene is activated in 30% of humans cancers, and no effective inhibitors of this protein had been identified to date.
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About IRB Barcelona
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
